terrestrial
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla.: This coastal launch site served as the terrestrial gateway for humanity’s greatest leap, projecting American technological prestige into the cosmos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
He merged his xAI artificial intelligence company into SpaceX this year, with the combined entity recently announcing it was leasing computer power to rivals Anthropic and Google at two terrestrial data centers it has constructed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
“The first is just how quickly can they bring on terrestrial compute. It does seem likely that they monetize gigawatts at a higher rate than anyone else,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
Meanwhile, terrestrial carriers are looking to fight back and the Federal Communications Commission is auctioning more spectrum, too.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
We know that at least some terrestrial microbes can survive on Mars.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing terrestrial
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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Elements of the Universe: Terr, Terra ("Earth")
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "T"
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